Jeff Flake Learns To Be Disliked
“Nothing like waking up to a poll saying you’re the nation’s least popular senator,” the Arizona Republican deadpanned on Facebook recently.
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Obama Scolds Congress On Guns: ‘A Pretty Shameful Day In Washington’
“This legislation met [the] test,” Obama says. “Too many Senators failed theirs.”
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Rand Paul Defends Performance At Howard
“The beginning of a conversation.”
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Rand Paul: Newtown Families Being Used As “Props”
“It still saddens me just to see them.”
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Howard Students Didn’t Totally Hate Rand Paul
Paul’s speech at the historically black college didn’t get a lot of converts, but the students were glad to listen.
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Rand Paul’s Challenge At Howard
Paul’s civil libertarianism is popular right now. Can it sow the seeds of discontent with Democratic blocs?
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With Labor Provisions Still Unresolved, Immigration Backers Remain Upbeat
“Bottom line, we’re very close. I’d say we’re 90 percent there. We have a few little problems,” Sen. Schumer says.
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How Washington’s Immigration Momentum Could Collapse At Any Moment
“There’s going to be a constituent backlash against this thing soon,” Rep. Steve King warns. Citizenship is only one of many landmines in the way of reform.
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Raul Labrador: Pathway To Citizenship Is A “Minor Issue” In Immigration Reform Debate
An issue of semantics, he says.
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Alabama Republican Slams Closed-Door Bipartisan Immigration Efforts
Conservative senator laments the fact that interest groups are “meeting in secret with a small group of senators” to craft bill.
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Rand Paul Brings New Words, And An Old Plan, To Immigration Debate
A “pathway to citizenship” by any other name.
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Rand Paul Will Support Path To Citizenship
The 2016 presidential contender warns that Latino exodus from GOP “says more about Republicans than it does Hispanics.”
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CPAC Straw Poll Crown Returns To The Pauls
Rand Paul picks up where his father left off.
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Two Schools Of Foreign Policy Compete At Conservative Conference
Back to Benghazi? Or: “Too many American wars?
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Rand Paul, Marco Rubio Square Off At CPAC
While Rubio sticks to a traditional approach, Paul’s libertarian, reformist message gets the crowd going.
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Amid High Senate Turnover, Newbies Have A Chance To Make Their Mark
There haven’t been this many rookies in the Senate since 1981. What will it mean for the way Washington works?
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Rand Paul’s New Friends
A filibuster, plus friendly relationships with key Senate elders, has made Paul newly popular in Congress, where his father spent lonely decades as Dr. No. “
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Democrats Give Excuses For Not Joining Anti-Drone Filibuster
Just one Dem participated in Rand Paul’s thirteen-hour filibuster against drone strikes. The defense: “A distraction” that just “didn’t feel like a constructive venue.”
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Democratic Senator Applauds Filibuster, Will Vote Against Brennan’s Nomination
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) will vote against Obama’s pick for the top CIA spot. But the advocate of the old-fashioned filibuster didn’t join in Wednesday because Obama deserves “timely up-or-down votes,” his press secretary says.
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Which Pundits Stood With Rand Paul?
Rand Paul’s filibuster made for strange bedfellows in the punditocracy. Here’s a breakdown ranked from most supportive of Rand to least.
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John McCain Rips Into Rand Paul’s Filibuster: "Was Not Helpful"
“To allege that … our government would drop a drone hellfire missile on Jane Fonda … that brings the conversation from a serious discussion about U.S. policy to the realm of the ridiculous.”
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This Is How The Internet Responded To A 13 Hour Rand Paul Filibuster
Rand Paul ended a dramatic, old-fashioned filibuster early Thursday morning having held the floor for 13 hours to rail against the administration’s drone program. The internet responded with pee jokes.
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Rand Paul, Glenn Beck Welcome Support Of Van Jones And Code Pink
“This is an issue that does get people together who believe in liberty – on the left and right.”
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How Twitter Helped Drive Rand Paul’s Filibuster To The National Stage
“Twitter is woven through the DNA of this filibuster, taking an obscure legislative process into the public space,” says Wilson.
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Rand Paul Ends Nearly 13-Hour Filibuster
He needed to use the bathroom.
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Capitol Visitors Stay Late Into Night To Take In Rand Paul Filibuster
“One of my favorite things about being in D.C. is being able to see things like this in person,” one late-night audience member said.
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Rand Paul Tweets His Own Filibuster
Senator Rand Paul filibusters vote on CIA director nominee John Brennan over the use of drones against Americans on U.S. soil. Here are the highlights.
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Rand Paul’s Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Where left and right meet. Paul on drones.
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Rand Paul Will Stall Brennan Even Without A Filibuster
“I have allies in the [Intelligence] Committee,” Paul tells WABC.
